Today's featured desktop combines the pleasures of a desktop vacation with the functionality of having oft-used folders, controls, and information right on the desktop. Flickr user ashleyann56 built this desktop for a tropical, watery theme that that can take you away from the work you're doing without taking you… »8/01/11 6:00pm 8/01/11 6:00pm

Christopher Yarrow has a desktop that reminds us of Windows Phone 7 and long nights at the blackjack tables in Vegas. With RSS on the desktop and widgets for Gmail, the weather, networking, and power, he'll always know where he stands when the chips are down. »7/25/11 6:00pm 7/25/11 6:00pm

Flickr user ers_21 apparently longs for a Parisian vacation, or to sit on the streets of Paris and eat pastries and sip espresso, and his desktop takes us there with him. It's clean, monochrome and minimal without being boring, and is still simple enough to not be distracting when it's time to get some work done. »7/18/11 6:00pm 7/18/11 6:00pm

Flickr user joergermeister is no stranger to customizing his Windows desktop, but this one caught our eye. The wallpaper reminds us how happy we are to not be in the car, but the widgets across the desktop provide helpful information and quick access to photos and weather. »7/11/11 6:00pm 7/11/11 6:00pm